These shoes were made for walkin'

Heylo There!!

I've been a bit of an absentee blogger haven't I??

Well, I'd love to say that my lack of blogging is due to single-handedly
ending world hunger or something,
but the truth is that I just haven't had much to say...
or atleast not much I wanted to say outloud.
Silly, huh...even on my dumb little blog read by approximately 1 person
who already knows all my garbage ;)
I still feel the need to sensor the negative feelings and stick to 

the light and fluffy things of daily occurence.
The things on my heart as of late have felt a bit heavy
and let's be honest, light and fluffy blogging is a lot easier
(although maybe not as interesting)

as the heavy-hitting stuff....

That being said...

Here's some light and fluffy...

I caved to the hype.
I'll now be rocking what I was previously mocking.

Karate shoes.

I own some.
Hi-Ya!!

Still not the cutest things in the world, but they grew on me...

like so many styles that you initially scoff at 

(pointy toed shoes...skinny jeans..to name a few)

and then find yourself slinking off to the store to buy.

Well, I slinked...and I bought. 

But dangit they're comfy and I'm excited.

My motivating factor was the upcoming San Diego trip in

10 days.... (happy dance!)

I'm setting a goal this trip to tone down the overpacking and I 

felt I really need just a single pair of shoes that I could wear 

casually to dinner, but were comfy enough to walk or to go bike riding in.

And these TOMS fit the bill...

This by no means implies that I will be packing only a single pair of shoes...

(this is me we're talking about after all!!)

But I am hoping that they will take the place of needing tennis shoes and

several pairs of not-as-comfy ballet flats. 

oh!...before I caved for the TOMS I thought I'd run by

  DSW to see if I could find any alternatives...

and some dummy at Sketchers actually went and

made a wanna-be TOMS and named it a "BOBS". 

How lame is that?

and yeah...I tried them on, cause they were cheaper...

but even I'm cooler than that!

Trials & Tribulations....In the shoe aisle

Last week Roy and I decided to hit up

the new Nordstrom Rack that opened nearby.

Overall I was most impressed with the shoe selection.

I love boots.

Boots. Boots. Boots.

Unfortuantely, however, this wasn't one of my best

boot-shopping endeavors.

But boy, did they have alotta boots.

So I started frantically snatching them up like

I always do when I get excited to shop...

Me grabbing boots=wild cheetah catching last-living gazelle

I lugged my catch to a nearby bench where I started

excitedly trying them on.

Pair # 1) won't zip-up..dangit. Oh, well..they weren't that cute.

Move on.

Pair # 2) won't pull all the way up...crap. Stupid boots. Oh, well.

Pair #3) Won't zip-up....now I'm getting frustrated.

Aaaand repeat that scenario about 15 more times....

The picture you're left with is this...

Me, sweating profusely...stragle-y hair hanging in my face and

sticking to my forehead....

hopping up and down on one leg in these tiny aisles

 while muttering profanities and grabbing every boot I

can get my hands on-whether in my size or not.

From elsewhere in the store Roy texted me and 

this is how the conversation went down:

Ok..so resorting to violence might have

been a bit extreme...

however, I'm apparently a woman of extremes

(as-in extremely large calves....)

So maybe I'm justified in my anger...

Oh yeah, and thanks a lot babe...for your kind

and reassuring words...

Tree Trunk

nice. love you too.

The moral of this story peeps....

my calves are freakin' huge.

Exhibit A

Notice how the tiny triangle-shaped piece of elastic

at the top is being stretched to capacity??

Would. Not. Pull. On.

Stupid.

Ya know those elastic waisted pants old ladies wear??

Well I need elastic waisted boots.

Exhibit B

I mean, what is this???

This my friends, was how all but 2 pairs

of boots fit me.

2 of about 20 pair I tried to put on.

How can my legs be so much bigger than the average

persons? I mean, surely shoe companies

take some sort of leg-poll when they're deciding

how big to make their boots?

So I did what any modern,

 red-blooded American woman would do...

I came home and measured my calves.

15.5 inches.

Sounds reasonable...healthy.

And then I googled 

'average female calf circumference'

The common answer seemed to be

13-14 inches.

But wait... theres good news folks!!

Shoe companies are beginning to make

"Plus-sized boots" for women with calf sizes

ranging from 15-23 inches.

Oh yippee!!

 I can't wait to go back and ask the

salesman where their "Plus sized" boots are.

I'm sure the selection will be fabulous.

I stand defeated. 

Make that....I stand very squarely-firmly-heavily...

 defeated.

Hmph.